Burmese pythons are invasive and they are wrecking havoc on the South Florida ecosystem. After they hatch, when are they considered an adult?

The two men came across a female Burmese python on a nest containing 23 unhatched eggs and 19 python hatchlings.

Python, eggs and hatchlings taken from Big Cypress National Preserve on July 11, 2022. The two of them shortly thereafter found 18 more live python hatchlings, the agency said.

Florida conservationists have captured two massive mama pythons and dozens of hatched and unhatched eggs, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.

Q. How long does it take for a hatchling Burmese python to grow into an adult? BARTOSZEK: Conservancy biologists have tracked about 100 hatchling pythons in the wild.